Jack Egers

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1949–2021)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | caption = | image_size = | position = Right wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 175 | played_for = New York Rangers<br>St. Louis Blues<br>Washington Capitals | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1949|1|28}} | birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|10|1949|1|28}} | death_place = Woodstock, Ontario, Canada | draft = 20th overall | draft_year = 1966 | draft_team = New York Rangers | career_start = 1968 | career_end = 1977 }} '''John Richard Egers''' (January 28, 1949 – September 10, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Washington Capitals between 1969 and 1975.

==Biography== Originally drafted in 1966 by the New York Rangers, Egers would also play for the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. Egers was an original member of the Capitals, who claimed him in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. He holds the distinction of scoring the first game-winning goal for the team, on October 17, 1974, against the Chicago Black Hawks.

Egers was later a captain in the Kitchener Fire Department. He died at the age of 72 on September 10, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/therecord-waterloo/obituary.aspx?n=jack-egers-smokey&pid=200108054|title = Jack EGERS Obituary (2021) - Woodstock, ON - Waterloo Region Record| website=Legacy.com }}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1964–65 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1965–66 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1965–66 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1966–67 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 40 || 18 || 9 || 27 || 48 | 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- | 1967–68 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 54 || 53 || 37 || 90 || 78 | 13 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 21 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1968–69 | Omaha Knights | CHL | 59 || 28 || 30 || 58 || 47 | 7 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 7 |- | 1969–70 | New York Rangers | NHL | 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 2 | 5 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1969–70 | Omaha Knights | CHL | 70 || 42 || 48 || 90 || 83 | 3 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 2 |- | 1970–71 | New York Rangers | NHL | 60 || 7 || 10 || 17 || 50 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1971–72 | New York Rangers | NHL | 17 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1971–72 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 63 || 21 || 25 || 46 || 34 | 11 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972–73 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 || 24 || 24 || 48 || 26 | 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 1973–74 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1973–74 | New York Rangers | NHL | 28 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 6 | 8 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 |- | 1974–75 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 14 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 12 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1975–76 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 15 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 19 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1976–77 | Brantford Alexanders | OHA Sr | 30 || 20 || 19 || 39 || 55 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 284 !! 64 !! 69 !! 133 !! 154 ! 32 !! 5 !! 6 !! 11 !! 32 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{icehockeystats}} * [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1966/66020.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]

{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = Jim Lorentz | title = CHL Leading Scorer | years = 1969–70 | after = Pierre Jarry}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Egers, Jack}} Category:1949 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Baltimore Clippers players Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers Category:Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury Category:Kitchener Rangers players Category:New York Rangers draft picks Category:New York Rangers players Category:Omaha Knights (CHL) players Category:Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players Category:St. Louis Blues players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Washington Capitals players Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen